Advertising medium



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. W. OALLAHAN.

ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

2 Patented July 5,1887.

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mam!!! JAMES W'EST GALLAHAN, OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA.

ADVERTISING M EDIUIVI.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,907, dated July 1887. Application filed April 8, 1886. Serial No. 198,286. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Wnsr CA LLAHAN, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of New Iberia, in the parishtof Iberia and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Mediums, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in advertising mediums, and has for its object the provision of a device of the class named, adapted to be placed in railroad stations, post-offices, hotels, &c., to indicate. the time of arrival and departure of mails or railroadtrains, and to display to view different desired advertisements.

To these ends the invention consists in a case or cabinet having its front provided wit-h a series of apertures to display different words, terms, or characters printed, stamped, or otherwise fixed, and movably secured to or upon a belt or band suitably mounted within the case.

The invention further consists in means whereby different desired characters may be caused to appear at the same place upon said belt at the will of the operator; and it finally consists in the construction, arrangement, and

combination of parts for service, substantially as hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of an-advertising medium con structed in accordance with my invention.

. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 represents an enlarged longitudinal section taken 011 the line a: m of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents an elevation of the characterbearing belt or band detached from the device. Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line a z of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detached detail view of a modified form of the advertisementbearin g belt or band, and Fig. 9 represents in elevation a modified form of my invention.

Referring to'the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts, A

designates a case or cabinet, which may have any desired configuration of outline, or external ornamentation other than that shown herein, which consists in side rails, to, top and bottom rails, a a and front or face a having apertures, hereinafter described.

B B designate rollers journalcdin the ver tical plane in boxes b b, secured to the rear surface of, the front a within and near the op posite sides a of the case, at the upper part thereof, and provided at their lower ends with frictional bevel-wheels b b, that engage and are operated by similar frictional bevclwvheels, c c, mounted upon the inner ends of short horizontal shafts O G, journaled in and proj ecting outwardly through suitable boxes, 0 a, secured in the sides a, to receive removable operating-cranks 0 upon their squared outer ends 0" 0", as shown. The bevel-wheels c 0 engage and operate frictional bevel-wheels d d, mounted upon the upper ends of rollers DD, that are journaled in boxes (1 d, secured to the inner surface of the front a", near the op posite sides of and in the lower part of the case, and provided at their lower ends with small band-wheels d (1, connected together by a band or belt, (2, for a purpose hereinafter described.

E designates a broad band or belt, which may be of suitable textile material or of metal, as desired, that extends from one to the other of the rollers 13 B, and is provided at spaced intervals with a series of slits, c, that extend in the longitudinal direction of the belt, to re ceive narrow strips F, of suitable material,that extend and operate transversely of the belt E, and are each provided on its face-with numen als from 1 to 9 and 0, for a purpose hereinafter described. I preferably connect the opposite ends of each of the strips F together after said strips are in position in the slits c of the belt E, but do not limit myself to such con struction, inasmuch as the ends of said strips may be free from each other without impair ing the efficiency of the strip.

G designates an endless belt or band extending between, passing about, and operated by the rollers D D. This belt may also be made of textile material or of metal, as desired, and is adapted to receive upon its outer surface a series of advertisements, as will be hereinafter to be used in different desired connections, it.

is yet more particularly designed for service in railroad-stations or post-offices, to indicate, in connection with the advertisements, the time of arrival and departure of different trains or mails; and to this end I provide the upper belt, E, upon its outer surface, near its top, with the words East, West, North, South, and arrange below and above each of said words a series (preferably four transverselyextending rows) of the slits 6, having bands F passed therethrough, so as to alternately appear upon the opposite surfaces of the belt E, (see Fig. 6,) whereby any desired numbers upon the strips F maybe placed in consecutive order below, and in a parallel plane with said words East, &c.as,for instance, the numbers 1, 2:1, 5 read twelvefil'teen-I provide the front a of the case A, in the planes of the words East, &c., and row of numerals 12:15, with apertures or slots in m, through the upper of which, m, any desired one of said words may appear, while the entire row of numerals appear at the lower, m, of said slots. I provide the front a above the slot m with the inscription Next train (or mail) leaves. Going, arranged in the order shown in Fig. 1, and between said slots with the word at, so that the complete legend sets forth that the Next train (or mail) leaves, Going East, at 12:15.

For the purpose of giving information re garding delayed trains or mails, I provide the front a, below the slot at, with a section of slate, n, or of wood or paper having surfaces of silicate adapted to be written upon.

If desired, the front a immediately in front of the lower belt, G, maybe entirely cut away, as shown, for the purpose of displaying advertisements arranged upon said belt G below and in alignment with the words East, 850., upon. the belt E.

I preferably show different advertisements connection with each of said words East, 850.

If desired, but two rollers may be used in lieu of the four-to wit, B B and D D, herein describedand may receive mot-ion either at their tops, bottoms, or middles. The belt E may be endless and pass continuously in one direction about the rollers B B, which rollers may have suitable springs applied to their ends for the purpose of maintaining the proper tension of said belt.

If desired, the belt G may be secured at its ends to the rollersD D and alternately wound upon or unwound from said rollers in manner similar to that of the belt E. When this construction is employed,I preferably use, in lieu of the narrow beltd, a narrow strip, 9, of suitable material, placing the same upon the sideof the rollers D D opposite to that occupied by the belt G, and connecting its opposite ends to said rollers, for reasons clearly apparent from the drawings.

If desired, the lower portion of the front a may be without slot or opening, and may have any desired advertisement thereon, as shown in Fig. 9.

1. An advertising medium consisting of a case or cabinet having'an apertured front, a

movable belt within said front provided with fixed legends, movable legend-bearing strips connected to said strips, and means, substantially as described, to operate said belt from the exterior of the case to cause the fixed and movable legends to appear at the aperture in the front, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an advertising medium, a caseor cabinet having an apertured front provided with fixed legends and slate-section, and two or more rollers journaled in the Vertical plane within said case and provided with bevel-wheels, in combination with one or more belts or bands having legends fixed thereto and means, substantially as described, for operating said rollers to move said belts, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A case or cabinet having an apertured front, and-two or more rollers journaled in the Vertical plane within said case and provided with bevel-wheels, in combination with one or more shafts journaled in the horizontal plane, and provided with bevel-wheels, and belts or bands mounted on said rollers and laterally operated thereby, substantiallyas described.

4.. In an advertising medium, a belt or band, as E, having a series of longitudinallyexteriding 'slits, as e, to receive a series of transversely-extending strips, F, in combination with rollers B B, having bevel-wheels, as b b, and shafts O 0, having bevel-wheels, as c c, and cranks, as O, substantially as described.

5. The combination, inan advertising medium,'of a case or cabinet having an apertured front provided with fixed legends, with a movable belt or band within said ease pro vided with fixed legends, movable legendbearing strips connected to said belt or band,

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and means, substantially as described, to adjust said strips upon the belt and to move said belt in lateral direction to cause the legends to appear at said aperture, as and for the purpose specified.

6. In an advertising medium, a belt, as E, having slits, as e, and transversely-extending strips, as F, said belt mounted upon rollers, as B B, in combination with a belt, as G, mounted upon 'rollers D D, having bevelwheels cl d, band-wheels d" d, and belt d, and means, substantially as described, to operate said rollers and belts, as and for the purpose described. I

7. In an advertising medium, the combination of a case or cabinet having an apertured front, a laterally-moving belt or band having fixed legends, legend-bearing strips movably connected to said belt, and means, substan- Lil tially as described, to move said belt and its connected strips to cause the legends thereon to appear at the aperture in the front, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. A case or cabinet having an apertured front and a belt or band provided with longitudinal slits e, to receive strips F, in combi nation with rollers B 13, having bevel-wheels, and means, substantially as described, for operating said rollers to move the belt, as and for the purpose specified.

9. In an advertising medium, a case or cabinet having a front provided with apertures m and m, a slate-section, n, and fixed legends, in combination With a laterally-moving belt, E, having fixed legends, slits 6, formed in said belt to receive strips F, legend-bearing strips F, rollers 13 and B, and means, substantially. as described, to move said belt to expose different legends at said apertures, as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In an advertising medium, a belt or band, G, mounted upon rollers D D, and providcd with a series of fixed legends, in. combination with a belt, E, provided with fixed legends, and slits c, to receive legendbearing strips F, said strips F, and means, substantially as described, for simultaneously moving said belts E and G, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to' this specification in the presence of two sub scribing Witnesses.

JAMES VEST OALLAHAN.

IVitnesses:

GUY HENRY, 1?. F. OASTILLE. 

